Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine financial management in the Pre-Reformation church in Aberdeen, Scotland during the bishopric of Bishop William Elphinstone (1488-1514). Design/methodology/approach – The paper employs a combination of literature-based analysis, archival...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the extent to which pension accounting represents an enabling or emancipatory accounting. Design/methodology/approach – Many countries are facing a so-called “pensions crisis” which is reflected in and arguably, to some extent at least, is...

This paper examines a change designed to effect improvement in an honours level management accounting module using action research methodology. First, the appropriateness of action research to the research in question is discussed. Secondly, the context within which the research took place is...

This paper reviews the research papers contained within the first ten volumes of Accounting Education: an international journal since its launch in 1992, identifying both areas that have been well covered and those that present opportunities for further research. The paper compares coverage with...

Following the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), details from the submissions of each institution were made available to the public for the first time via the Internet, thus facilitating a greater degree of scrutiny of the results than had hitherto been the case. The purpose of this paper...

The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) introduced its Quality Through Partnership (QTP) scheme in 1994. This scheme was designed to provide a system of monitoring and quality control for colleges providing CIMA tuition. Following a review of colleges by trained assessors, those...